Rockdrummer93

I'm pretty excited about my accomplishments today on the manche. The Jeep now runs!! Now just need to finish up the harness and then put everything together.. Will try to get some pictures tomorrow.

Another test fit today

Got finished with coating the interior and started putting it all back together.

Got the seat brackets in and finished up with the interior mods today.. Then cleaned it out, removed the rust and coated it with a rubberized coating. Should have it running before the end of the month, but with work picking back up we'll see how that works out.

haha yeah it was pretty bad.

Got the dash fitment finished and the steering brace in today. pretty happy on how it turned out figuring I've be dreading this part of the build since the start. Need to drill holes for the harness on the passenger side and the shifter cable as well as patch up a few more holes I don't need then I'll be finished with the firewall. After I install the seat braces I'll pull everything out and prep it for a coating of some sort. Not sure what yet. Here are some pictures from today. New upper mount for the passenger side: Dash to window clearance:

Calling it a day.. will probably pick back up tomorrow. really only got the steering column brace left to do before I can just start putting it all back together.. but knowing my luck since I said that I'll run into some other issue. Here's what I finished with today. getting the last firewall panel in.

Got back to the Comanche today.. not finished for today but decided to take a rest, make sure i'm still doing it right and to update. got most of the firewall mods done as well as fitted the new dash.. not to happy with my fitment of the dash right now. still needs some adjusting to be perfect.

Pulled the interior out of the XJ today. Next is to start cutting up the firewall and getting that moved over.. To be all honest that is was I am more nervous about then this whole build but I'll get it done. Didnt get any pictures today but will when I start doing the firewall mods.

Well got a lot done so far today and the day aint even over! pulled the motor out of the Cherokee and cleaned it up a little. Painted the Comanche engine bay and installed the motor.. Ill probably try to have the rest of the engine components in by the end of the day. Will try to have it running by the end of the week but not real confident of that just yet.

This is very true ^^ :yes:

Got most of the engine bay cleaned up. Will jump in tomorrow with taking apart the Cherokee getting it ready to move it all over..

Finally got to pulling the motor today.. Should be getting a lot done this week due to spring break. Stop to get some lunch and throw some pictures up. Whats left of the motor mount.. Packaged up ready to go to Scrap!

Got the rest of the interior stripped today. Thankfully the only rust is surface rust. I'm going to scrape it all up and coat it in something thick not sure what yet.

Well got to the interior today, Still have to pull the seat and etc. only had time to get the dash and hvac unit out today. I hopefully will get the motor pulled and the XJ motor in during my spring break the first week of april. a friend of mine has a engine hoist he'll let me barrow but needs to do the motor in his J10 first.

Well its been a little while. but I finally got a little bit more done to the manche. Went out to the presidents day trail ride yesterday and it made me really want to get the ol truck out there. I won't be able to pull the motor just yet still need to get a hoist but was able to get the doors, some of the wiring and other clutter out of the way so she'll be ready when it comes time to pull the motor. I did notice some frame damage though :wall: a crack around one of the steering box bolts and the bumper mount and cross member bent out of shape. The crack: Crossmember: bumper mount: More muck!

Thanks man! Will do

Jumped right in today. Won't be able to pull the motor until I get a hoist but can start taking everything else apart till then. As you can see this is going to be a messy one.

Thanks man! It should turn out good!

Here's my '89 MJ Comanche. I picked it up for $400 with a load of garbage in the bed. It was not running when I bought it, I tinkered around with it and found it was just a fuse link! It does have some body damage and the engine is slap wore out. It sat at the shop I work at for about 4 months while I tried to figure out what I wanted to do with it. I recently found a '99 Cherokee for fairly cheap and jumped on it. So now the I basically going move everything I can from the XJ to the MJ. Interior, drivetrain etc. After that I'll probably get it up in the air about 6-6.5" on 35s. Want it to be more of a do all street able trail rig. The donor.